ALEC's agenda recalls Lord Proprietors of old

12:24 PM,
Oct. 5, 2012

Written by

Francella Poston, Asheville

The Lord Proprietors, banished by the people, have resurrected their tyranny. They have pocketed willing elected officials to draft legislation rewriting state laws that govern our rights.The American Legislative Exchange Council asserts that they are the "state legislators' think tank." In our representative form of government, committees are the think tanks that prepare and act in behalf of the people. ALEC's model bills, secretly voted on by its corporate membership, capture governors, speakers of the House, majority leaders and weak-kneed legislators who do not stand for the ...